Davis moved house, took his cable box with him and re-installed it himself at his new place. He was told by a Comcast rep on the phone that the "self-install" would have no charge.

A while later, Davis' internet service kept cutting in and out, and Comcast confirmed the fault was on its end. But after it sent an engineer to fix the fault, it billed Davis $181.94 in "failed self-install" charges:

So Davis called Comcast and reminded the company that the previous rep with whom he had spoken said there would be no charge.

After being on hold with the company for over an hour, and after much back-and-forth with the phone rep's supervisor, the rep spilled this priceless piece of information, the Consumerist notes:

'We try to negotiate, and again, that is a valid charge,' she answers. 'But since I advised my manager that there is a recording and you were misinformed, then she’s the one who can approve that $82.'

Seemingly flabbergasted, Davis asks to confirm, 'You’re telling me that if I didn’t have a recording of that call, you wouldn’t have been able to do it?'